The Last Frontier of Fire and Sword

After the fall of the Triangle Fort, the defenders of Konotop Fort felt the serious consequences of the loss of the Triangle Fort almost immediately.

The Russians worked madly and desperately to consolidate their position in the triangle fort.

After constructing a defensive position facing Fort Konotup, they piled up the platform with mud-filled bags until it was even higher than the walls of Fort Konotup. In this way, they could use the two artillery pieces captured from the Triangle Fort to bomb Konotup Fort anywhere.

In the trench below, Russian soldiers can walk all the way to the base of the city wall without fear of being attacked.

The soldiers under Vasily Sheremetev's command erected a ladder against the wall in the trench, trying to launch a fierce attack, hoping to rush into Konotop Fort by this.

They think they will win, but such a charge is simply suicide. Because at this time most of the defenders in Konotop Fort had woken up, they boarded the city wall and greeted the attackers with fierce musket bullets.

For the climbers under the city wall, the defenders threw stones at their heads and poured boiling oil. The noise of fighting was deafening.

After five hours of **** battle, the Russians were forced to retreat. The bodies of 100 elite soldiers were left in the trench, while the defenders lost 30 soldiers.

Cheerchen boarded the city wall facing the triangle fort. At this time he regretted his carelessness last night. But now regret has no effect. All he can do is to hold on to the main body of Konotop until the army led by Vygowski comes to the rescue.

A cannon sounded from the triangular fort on the opposite side. It was an empty cannon. Obviously, this is the opposite Russian army reminding the defenders in Konotop: they have something to say.

Standing behind the breast wall, Cheerchen and a group of officers looked towards the triangular fort. Suddenly, a figure appeared on the bunker.

Then came the second, the third... a total of ten people.

These are all the captured in the Triangle Fort garrison. In the battle last night, 25 of the forty night team in the triangle fort died in the battle, five fled back to Fort Konotop, and ten were wounded and taken prisoner.

The most terrifying scene was staged at this time. Vasily Sheremetev walked toward a captive with a knife in his hand. With a sharp wave of the knife, the captive's head fell under the city wall. Blood spurted from the cut in the severed neck like a fountain, dyeing a large area of ​​the city wall red.

Vasily Sheremetev faced Konotop Fort with a cruel and grim smile.

He was using Tusha to intimidate the defenders of Fort Konotup.

"This devil, bastard."

Fedot saw his teeth cracked, he took his Turkish musket, put the **** on his shoulder, and aimed it at Vasily Sheremetev.

There were several Cossack Musketeers who did the same actions as Fedot.

But the cunning Vasily Sheremetev hid his body behind the second prisoner.

Consciously safe, Vasily Sheremetev put the saber across the throat of the second prisoner, and then slowly pulled the saber.

The sharp blade cut open the captive's throat, and blood stained the captive's neck like red wine overflowing from a wine glass. His pupils began to diverge, and his consciousness began to blur.

Then, the captive staggered, and he fell off the triangular fort.

Vasily Sheremetev reached out to the third Cossack prisoner. This Cossack, also named Vasily, is a **** man. Although he is notorious in Konotop and has been tied to a gun and beaten by artillery more than once for gambling debts and stealing, he is definitely not A greedy person who fears death.

At this time, Vasily saw that he was bound to die, and he shouted at the Cossack brothers in Konotop: "Farewell, brothers! Friends! May Ukraine live forever, and the glory of Cossacks will shine forever!"

After speaking, Vasily jumped off the triangular fort and fell to death in the trench.

The other seven Cossack captives knew they would be unlucky. They shouted "Long live the Cossacks" and turned to fight with the Russian soldiers with their teeth and feet. They were all killed soon.

Vasily Sheremetev was outrageous. He ordered the bodies of these rebel prisoners to be hung upside down on the wall of the triangular fort facing Konotop, and their heads were torn apart and their chests torn apart. , The heart is dug out.

Cheer Chen watched this **** scene and shouted, "Artillery, artillery."

More voices shouted: "Artillery, artillery."

A three-pounder gun was pushed over. Cheerchen took the gunner's torch, took a short aim in the direction of the triangle fort, and then lit the fire door.

The shell hit the half of the helmeted head protruding from the back of the fortification, cutting off his head and helmet together. It is a pity that this person is not Vasily Sheremetev.

In the following whole day, the gunners of both sides leaned on the fortifications and broke out the largest artillery battle. The battlements and sandbags of Triangular Fort and Konotop Fort were destroyed by artillery fire several times and were rebuilt several times.

When the artillery had to stop to cool down due to continuous firing, the defenders threw a ring of fire, bombs, and rain-like bullets on the triangular fort, while the Russian soldiers also threw bombs as a counterattack. These bombs exploded on the breast wall. An incredibly terrifying light illuminates the body of the defender. The battlefield was as bright as day; from a distance, Fort Konotop and Fort Triangle looked like two volcanoes erupting.

But Cheerchen can only do this~www.wuxiaspot.com~ With the army led by Prince Alexei re-arriving under Konotop, the Russian army in the triangular fort has been unprecedentedly strengthened. Retaking the triangle fort is an impossible task.

Moreover, Chechen realized that after the fall of the Triangle Fort, this section of the city wall would be easily penetrated by the enemy's tunnels. For this reason, he ordered the soldiers to dig a trench inside the castle parallel to the city wall, and pile up sandbags in front of the trench as a second line of defense for the defenders once the city wall was bombed by explosives.

Outside the city, Prince Alexei looked at his banner raised in the Triangular Fort, and Ivan Hilko said kindly on the side: "Your Royal Highness, you really are using a soldier like a god. Just use a little trick and get some. After the Triangle Fort, I don’t think it will be long before the Konotop Fort will also hoist your flag."

Everyone carried the sedan chair, and Ivan Shirko patted Prince Alexei's flattery. Of course, the other Russian generals were also unwilling to be left behind. The flattering words came out of their mouths like running water, until they fainted.

Prince Alexei did not show a happy expression in this sea of ​​flattery. He stared at Fort Konotop for a long, long time.

Just seizing a triangular fort, at least 7,000 people, accounting for one-ninth of the soldiers killed and injured, which also included the most elite hundreds of Boye cavalry. Also, so far, the entire army has consumed 400 barrels of gunpowder and more than 6,000 rounds of artillery shells. Regardless of how adequately prepared I have been before, the gunpowder and shells are not inexhaustible and inexhaustible.

Moreover, the Russian army has spent more than a month of precious time here.

"Ivan Shirko." The prince called the Cossack team leader's name, "You go to Konotop Castle again and persuade Alvar Chechen to surrender."